Crystal structure of an alternating octamer r(GUAUGUA)dC with adjacent G·U wobble pairs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1149-1156

  Biswas, Roopa ^a   Wahl, Markus C ^a   Ban, Changill ^a   Sundaralingam, Muttaiya ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating octamer; G U wobble pairs; Hydration of G U pairs; Tandem or adjacent wobbles; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GUANINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031576991     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0936     Document Type: Article

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